The 9th round matches of First League were held in six cities of Georgia. "Gagra" coached by Anatoli Piskovets hosted "Samgurali-2009" Tskhaltubo at "Merani" in Tbilisi and beat 4:0.
Vladimir Ordinsk (2), Irakli Khutsidze and Mikola Nakonechny scored goals. Ukrainian legionary Ordinsk ("Gagra") is top scorer of the team with 7 goals. Another foreigner of the team, Nigerian Abaiom Ovonikoko has scored 6 goals.
"Merani" hosted "Lokomotive" Tbilisi. "Merani" won 1:0 and is still 3 points behind "Gagra". Another match of the round was held in Martvili. "Imereti" Khoni holds home matches there. "Imereti" beat "Mertskhali" Ozurgeti 3:1. Kashia, Tsagareishvili and Liparteliani scored goals from the winners.
An interesting match was held in Lanchkhuti. At "Evgrapi Shevardnadze" stadium, "Guria" hosted "Chkherimela" Kharagauli and was winning 3:1 after the first half. The guests who have not won a match in this season, managed to equalize score in the second half. But in the end, the hosts scored once again and 4:3.
"Adeli" hosted a tense match in Batumi. Local "Dinamo" held a match against "Gori". Finally, the match finished draw 2:2. It is the third draw in a row for "Dinamo". But it is worth mentioning, that players of Amiran Gogitidze have not lost a match since September 14. Entirely, they have not lose 5 matches.
Matches of the next round will be held on October 26.
IX round, October 19
Gagra - Samgurali-2009 4:0
Meshakhte - Adeli 3:1
Merani - Lokomotive 1:0
Guria - Chkherimela 4:3
Dinamo (Tb) - Gori 2:2
Chiatura - Skuri 1:0
N. Dinamo - Chikhura 2:1
October 20
Imereti - Mertskhali 3:1
Kolkheti (Kh) rested
| M | W | D | L | B | P | |
| 1. Gagra | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26-8 | 23 |
| 2. Merani | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 23-8 | 20 |
| 3. Meshakhte | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17-15 | 16 |
| 4. Gori | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 15-10 | 16 |
| 5. Guria | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 21-22 | 15 |
| 6. Dinamo (Tb) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15-5 | 12 |
| 7. Chikhura | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13-13 | 12 |
| 8. Lokomotive | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13-14 | 11 |
| 9. Skuri | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11-13 | 11 |
| 10. Samgurali-2009 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9-15 | 11 |
| 11. Imereti | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11-14 | 10 |
| 12. N. Dinamo | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 15-20 | 9 |
| 13. Mertskhali | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14-26 | 8 |
| 14. Kolkheti (Kh) | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7-8 | 8 |
| 15. Chiatura | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6-21 | 6 |
| 16. Chkherimela | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12-14 | 6 |
| 17. Adeli | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9-13 | 4 |
Notes:
According to Prof-league regulation, in case of equal points places will be found out considering the following things: 1.Number of wins; 2. Final results (number of goals and ball difference);3. Scored goals and received goals; 4.Number of scored goal; 5. Scored goals in exterior matches; 6.Fair play rules 7.Voting.
After 4 rounds two outsider clubs fall down in first league in XXIII Championship. An the club which will win the 8th place will play against the third place-owner and in case of win will remain in the first league.
Clubs which will take the 16th and the 17th places will leave First League. These clubs will be replaced by winners in West and East zones of Second League.
Phridon Kervalishvili
